Boards & Committees

The Delta Institute’s Boards and Committees bring valuable support and expertise to the organization as a whole and its various programs and divisions.  Reflecting the diversity of the Green Economy itself, Board members are called upon to provide strategic input, expand our relationships and attract funding and other resources needed to achieve our goals. 

Delta Institute Board
The ReBuilding Exchange Board
Delta Emerging Leaders (Committee)

Delta Institute Board

Timothy H. Brown (Board Vice Chair and Treasurer)
Founder and President, Wabashco, LLC

Byron Crawford
Vice President of Land Acquisition, TUUSSO Energy, LLC

Evelyn J. Diaz
Commissioner, Chicago Department of Family and Support Services

Eileen Figel
Director, Institute for Comprehensive Community Development

Jeffrey C. Fort
Partner, SNR Denton US LLP

Peter B. Freeman
Attorney, Peter B. Freeman, Esq.

Mike Higbee, Jr.
Managing Director, DC Development Group
President, Development Concepts, Inc.

Eden M. Hurd
Development Manager, East Lake Management & Development Corporation

Jeffrey D. Jeep
Partner, Jeep & Blazer, LLC

Milan Kluko
President, Fountainhead Engineering Ltd

Richard J. Larson
Associate, Camins, Tomasz & Kritt

Tom Lesch
Vice President, Livingstone Partners

Melissa Mayer (Board Vice Chair)
TAS Transaction Real Estate, Manager, Ernst & Young

Maxine Mitchell, CRE
President, Applied Real Estate Analysis, Inc.

Torrence D. Moore
Founder and Director, TMA Consulting

Jean Pogge (Board President and Treasurer)
Chief Executive Officer, Delta Institute

David Reynolds (Board Chair)
Commissioner, Chicago Department of General Services

Sarah Rubin
Principal Geologist, URS Corp.

Martin Seaman
Director of Sales and Marketing, Resource Recycling Systems

Martin J. Serena, AIA
Principal, Serena Sturm Architects

William A. Stough
Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Research Group
Executive Director, Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum

Brad White
Principal, Brad White & Associates

Robert Whittier
Director of Sustainability, Northwestern University

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The ReBuilding Exchange Board

William F. Abolt, LEED AP
Chicago District Manager, The Shaw Group

Jack Crane
Vice President, The Northern Trust Company

Cody Engle 
Principal, Open Door Advisors

Jonathan Gonsky
General Manager, Zipcar

Dave Hampton, LEED AP
Principal, Hampton Avery Architects

John Hopkins, AIA, LEED AP
Senior Associate, Interior Architects

Dina Petrakis
President, Littlerock Construction, Inc.

Gabriel Plotkin
Associate, Miller, Shakman, and Beem, LLP

Jean Pogge
Chief Executive Officer, Delta Institute

Rashmi Ramaswamy, LEED AP
Co-Founder and Architect, SHED Studio

Krupa Shah
Associate, Quarles and Brady

Sabrina Sullivan
Consultant, Deloitte Consulting, Inc.

Dan Weissmann
Host-Producer, Vocalo

Sundee Wislow
Director of Sustainability, U.S. Equities Realty

Elise Zelechowski, LEED AP
Executive Director, ReBuilding Exchange
Senior Director,  Community and Economic Development, Delta Institute

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Delta Emerging Leaders (DELs)